A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
CBS hurlers, winners of the Brother Rice Memorial Cup, under 14, photographed at CBS School, Sexton Street, with rear of Colbert Station visible in the background, taken on 5-25-1970.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Sean Bourke in Limerick 1971
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Wallace Shoe Shop, premises at 2/3, Lower Henry Street, Limerick, photographed in 1971 for Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in preparation for sale.
The repatriation of the body of Frank Stagg at Shannon Airport from Wakefield Prison in Britain where he died on hunger strike on 12 February 1976.
Copy Negatives of Harmay Donnolly 1970
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Swimmers from Villiers School in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Students' Protest March in O'Connell Street in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Presentation of giant Christmas Pudding at Social Service Centre, Limerick in December 1970.
View of the beach at Lahinch, Co. Clare, (John Wright's Pictures), Summer 1970.
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Tony McNamara photographed for soccer page, 1970
Spanish Point, 1971
Breeda Sheehan, F.C.L.M., 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Young man phtotograhed for Hotspur in 1971.
Portrait (subject unknown), photographed for Tony Purcell in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Limerick v Drogheda in the replay of the FAI Cup at Dalymount Park in 1971.
Prison Officers' dinner at the Greenhills Hotel, 1976
Traveller wedding photographed at Limerick Leader office in 1971.
Demostration of exercise machine, The Slimliner at Todds, 1976. The machine was produced by M and B Plastics, Raheen.
Limerick's blind people's meeting at Social Services Centre in 1971.
Danus show at Jetland in 1971.
Cormac O'Connor's House Castletroy for Louis de Courcy 1971
Lecture for nuns at St. Mary's Convent in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
St John's Judo Club, 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Limerick versus Tipperary at Gaelic Grounds
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen in 1971 (photographed for an advertising feature).
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Begley and Bourke Furnisheire Limited, Kileely, Limerick
Teddy Gael, 1971.
Mr and Mrs O'Brien photographed at Limerick Leader Office in 1971.
Dundalk Beauty Contest at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Launching of new book on the history of Limerick at Cruise's Hotel 1971
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Denis Pritchard Aughanish island story with J. Walsh
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
John O'Shaughnessy - Ball boys in 1971.
Hockey, Munster versus Ulster at the Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, in 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
The repatriation of the body of Frank Stagg at Shannon Airport from Wakefield Prison in Britain where he died on hunger strike on 12 February 1976.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Safety First Awards at Cement Factory, 1976
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
Pery Square, Limerick, in 1971
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel in 1971
Limerick versus Offaly at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Presentation to Sean Byrnes by Fairview Soccer Club in 1971.
Mr. Murphy's premises on Dock Road, 1976
Regional Health Committee at Royal George Hotel in 1970
Group shot of three men at NFA dinner atRoyal George
Spanish Point, 1971
Interior of Jack Glynn's Music Store, showing musical instruments, photographed for advertising in 1971.
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
Two girls at Shannonside Offices, O'Connell Street, in 1971.
Brendan McNamara, photographed for soccer page, 1970
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970, featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
Furniture Exhibition at Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
McInerney Homes dinner dance at the Intercontinental Hotel in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.
Award-winning Irish Dancer, Sandra Hardaker, in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Presentation of cheque for old folks homes to Dean Empey at the Two Mile Inn
Winners of Road Safety debate in 1971.
Dick Emery at Savoy, February 1976
Sheep at Killaloe
FCA in training at Kilworth army camp in Co. Cork
Terry Wogan, Limerick's well known BBC disc jockey, was back on home soil to officially open Hypersales Furniture Store on the Ennis road